Judicial Watch, a non-profit group based in Washington D.C., wants the state Attorney General’s Office to find a way to reduce the paycheck of Police Chief Jack Harris. The group wrote a letter to Attorney General Terry Goddard recently, asking him to file a lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Pension…
The video of the man who tried to feed a six-week-old kitten to a python has surfaced, and this guy is a bigger dirt bag than originally anticipated.You can see the video here, but if you ever want to smile again, we suggest you just take our word for it;…
As ASU’s status as a “party school” has declined in recent years, we should have known that you can’t keep a good dog down.Tempe police say that on Thursday and Saturday of last week, they made more than 90 party-related arrests at The Vue, a swanky student apartment complex located…
Chandler Police arrested two people in connection with the beating death of a 3-year-old child Monday.Police say that the child’s mother, 26-year-old Susan Witbracht, and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Dauntorian Sanders, beat the toddler with a belt until she was covered in bruises and had stopped breathing.”Speaking to the investigators, they’ve…
Our most recent cover story on local philanthropist/real-estate player/art collector and, now, accused arsonist Michael Marin elicited a bunch of E-mails and calls, many of them rabid (see example of typical commenter in photo below). Readers seemed to be incensed by Mr. Marin’s alleged audacity in claiming that he had escaped his…
The wife of Arizona Senator John McCain is “heading” up a cause near and dear to her heart — headaches.On September 10th, Cindy McCain will give the keynote speech at the Annual Meeting of the International Headache Society in Philadelphia to discuss the global headache epidemic.The International Headache Society is…
According to national statistics, you are likely to see more toothless meth-heads roaming the streets of Phoenix than almost anywhere in the country. As a result, Phoenicians have a new anti-meth ad campaign to look forward to, compliments of the federal government.If it’s even half as terrifying as the horrific…
The Maricopa County Elections Department and Recorder’s Office announced this morning it had found “reasonable cause to believe that a number of individuals and entities” have violated the state’s campaign finance laws. According to the announcement: The finding was hand delivered to the Office of County Attorney Andrew Thomas this morning…
How do you spell “relief”? Here’s a hint, it sure as heck ain’t Z-A-V-A-D-A. That’s because last night the mustachioed left-hander upended the Arizona Diamonbacks’ chances of taking two straight against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine by forcing in the game’s winning run on a walk. Here’s the…
Uranium mining could resume near the Grand Canyon this year, after the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an air-quality permit to Denison Mines. The company plans to work the Arizona 1 mine, which hasn’t been mined for two decades. Conservationists and Native American groups oppose the mining, and express…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Anti-Vaccine Ron Paul Insaniacs (aka, “Ronulans”) Rousted by Phoenix PD, and Man Could I Care…
According to police, a Mesa man tried feeding a kitten to a python, and in his infinite wisdom, videotaped it.But wait, it gets worse.Against the better judgment of mother nature, the python showed the kitten mercy. Unfortunately, the scumbag who allegedly tried to feed the kitten to the python didn’t.Police…
In what was a surprise move Tuesday, Governor Jan Brewer postponed a scheduled trip to Mexico to attend the Annual Border Governors Conference, and will be staying in Phoenix to work on the budget.Attention to the viscounts of vacations, Senators Gorman and Gray: Write that down.There was growing speculation that…
Police say that on Sunday night, a couple witnessed a man struggling to get into his car outside of a restaurant near Tucson.When the man finally staggered his way into the driver’s seat, and drove off erratically, police say the couple called police.Little did the couple know that if they…
If video killed the radio star, the Internet has absolutely demolished the newspaper “star,” and the publisher of the East Valley Tribune is the latest to feel the wrath of the Web.Freedom Communications, the publisher of the Tribune, and countless other newspapers including the Orange County Register, filed bankruptcy in…
He’s not quite Joe the Plumber — but a local blogger named Peter Fleckenstein is still in the midst of something akin to his 15 minutes of fame. And as Joe the Plumber would learn, that’s both a good thing and a bad thing.For one thing, he’s famous.For another, he’s…
Starting September 29th, Arizona citizens will be allowed to bring concealed weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol (we still can’t believe it, either), but bar owners aren’t nearly as excited as Representative Jerry Weiers and the rest of the gun-toting legislators who allowed for this to happen.Since the…
If the election were held today, when given the option of Jan Brewer, or anyone else on the face of the earth as Arizona’s next Governor, voters opted for the latter, according to a poll released Monday.The local political consulting group that conducted the poll, The Summit Group, found that…
Well, at least they weren’t using old bedsheets this time around Normally, I could give a flip if someone hangs a banner off a freeway overpass. But these Ron Paul-worshipping hosers so annoy me with their conspiracy-a-minute mills and their wack, home-made signs spouting the nonsense that “vaccines equal poison”…
Last night during the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fox Sports Arizona confirmed that five-time All-Star Jim Thome had been dealt from the Chicago White Sox to the Dodgers for a player to be named later. (The ChiSox also got rid of pitcher Jose Contreras,…
The Catholic Tuition Organization for the Diocese of Phoenix has changed its rules for tuition-tax-credit donors, disallowing donors to name recipients. Under the old plan, taxpayers recommended specific students for the scholarships. Critics of such programs, which are practiced by many private schools in the Valley, say it allows for…
When Pamela Ekizian was a little tardy in walking her dog Max, the pooch took it upon himself to break out of the house, and take a stroll around their neighborhood near Fresno, California.He didn’t stop there.Four months later, Max, a one-year-old, long-haired Dachsund, was found in Phoenix, some 588…
